Tuesday, May 8, 2012

Cole hamels

The Philadelphia Phillies got some bad news in regards to Cole Hamels.

(YAHOO!)

Major League Baseball suspended and fined Cole Hamels on Monday for plunking the Nationals' Bryce Harper with a pitch, a "classless, gutless act," according to Nationals General Manager Mike Rizzo.

(Washington Post)

PHILADELPHIA -- Cole Hamels earned a five-game suspension for the way he welcomed Bryce Harper to the big leagues.

(ESPN)

May 8, 2012 - Heres what Philadelphia pitcher Cole Hamels said after being asked whether he intentionally hit Nationals rookie outfielder Bryce Harper with a pitch in the first inning of Sunday nights game. I was trying to hit him.

(SB Nation)

Cole Hamels taught us all a valuable lesson, one worth considerably more than the roughly $409,000 in salary hell lose during his five-game suspension. In two parts: 1) Having unwritten rules implies that they should also be unspoken.

(LehighValleyLive.com)

In March, Todd Zolecki of MLB.com reported that friendly New York Yankees fans wooed Philadelphia Phillies pitcher Cole Hamels from the stands during a spring training game. "Yankees fans were really nice for some odd reason," Hamels said.